Patents by Inventor Philippe Cassagne

Philippe Cassagne has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Munition constituting a cartridge-launcher loader, in particular for countermeasure cartridge-launcher on aircraft
    Patent number: 5554815
    Abstract: A munition constituting a cartridge-launcher loader comprises a plurality of consumable modules each in the form of a flat strip of juxtaposed cartridges each comprising a payload of chaff, an ejector pyrotechnic charge, an electrical initiator, and a reusable support receiving the strips. The support has a system for immobilizing the strips and a handle for transporting and installing it. The strips are juxtaposed at their flat surface to perform a homogeneous block essentially constituting the body of the munition or a part thereof. The support includes a fixed plate carrying the strips and receiving the latter, when they are inserted, by virtue of them sliding in a general direction parallel to the plane of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Etienne Lacroix Toux Artifices S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Authie, Philippe Cassagne
  • Pyrotechnical head having improved dispersal means
    Patent number: 5501153
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pyrotechnical head of the type comprising an elongate envelope, a pyrotechnical composition contained in the envelope, and dispersal means for dispersing said pyrotechnical composition. The dispersal means include longitudinal detonating fuses adapted to split the envelope longitudinally, and a transverse detonating fuse adapted to split the envelope transversely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Etienne Lacroix Tous Artifices S.A.
    Inventors: Philippe Cassagne, Denis Dihlan
  • Method of producing hot air and hot water for sanitary purposes and apparatus for carrying out the said method
    Patent number: 4640458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing hot air and hot water for the supply of sanitary fittings, the apparatus comprising on the one hand, a central portion reserved for the sanitary water containing a reheating exchanger and a pre-exchanger associated with a cold-water intake circuit, and, on the other hand, a casing completely surrounding the central portion and defining therewith an annular space containing an exchanger for heating the blown air by counterflow heat-exchange with the products of combustion issued from a burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Assignee: Gaz de France
    Inventors: Yves Casier, Philippe Cassagne, Sylvain Gicquel, Roland Junet
  • Method of heating any building or room and apparatus for carrying out the said method
    Patent number: 4638943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for heating a building, room or any like space characterized in that it combines into a unit a hot-water generator constituted by a fan associated with a water-air exchanger with high thermal inertia, a tank for hot water for sanitary purposes and a hot-water generator connected by a feed line and a return line to an exchanger and to a circuit for reheating the hot water stored in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Assignee: Gaz de France
    Inventors: Yves Casier, Philippe Cassagne, Bernard Dore, Sylvain Gicquel